Moringa oleifera and pole beans seeds

[allensylves]

I just sent some seeds of Moringa oleifera variety PKM-1 (malunggay in the Philippines) to Val (iju) and hopefully she will receive them on Friday, in time to bring them to the party. This is a bushy variety which will probably produce pods within a year in Hawaii. I planted 5 seeds this spring and all 5 germinated. The seedlings are quite fragile and break easily so need some protection when small.
Some more information is at:
http://echotech.org/mambo/images/DocMan/...oringa.pdf

I also sent some Louisiana pole bean seeds. I think the variety is Rattlesnake(?). They make very strong growing and productive plants with good flavored beans. However, if they are not picked at least every other day, they will develop easily removed strings. They do much better for me than any other variety I have tried, including 2 UH varieties that I got in Hilo.

Allen
Baton Rouge, LA & HPP

[Iju]

Allen,

Thanks for sending us the seeds and, the info on Moringa oleifera which I am not familiar with at all. I will bring the seeds to this Sunday party for anyone who is interested in planting them.

Since I am still new here, does anyone know if we can plant pole beans during the winter months? Thanks.

val

Edited by - iju on 09/05/2007 21:21:42

[Hotzcatz]

Now is a great time for planting pole beans. I start mine up off the ground, though, so slugs don't do them in while they are small.